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The Silent Boy

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(560 Pages)
Product Number: LP3683
Released: 01 Feb, 2016
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ISBN: #9781510018068
Publisher: W F Howes
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Description

Paris, 1792: Terror reigns as the city writhes in the grip of revolution. The streets run with blood as thousands lose their heads to the guillotine. Edward Savill, working in London as agent for a wealthy American, receives word that his estranged wife Augusta has been killed in France. She leaves behind ten-year-old Charles, who is brought to England to Charnwood Court. Savill is sent to retrieve the boy and it is only when Savill arrives there does he discover that Charles is mute. The boy has witnessed horrors beyond his years, but what terrible secret haunts him so deeply that he is unable to utter a word?

Author(s): Andrew Taylor
Awards:Shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger 2015
Original Publish Date: 01 Feb, 2016

All Formats/Editions

MP3 CD
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Author(s): Andrew Taylor
Narrator(s): Leon Williams
Product Number MPCD505
Released: 01 Oct, 2014
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9780008103712
Playaway
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Author(s): Andrew Taylor
Narrator(s): Leon Williams
Product Number D3239
Released: 01 Jan, 2015
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9780007566853
CD
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Author(s): Andrew Taylor
Narrator(s): Leon Williams
Product Number LCD68
Released: 01 Oct, 2014
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9780007566846

Professional reviews

"The Silent Boy was selected as Historical Novel of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times; as well as being picked as one of Radio 4’s Crime Books of the Year. ‘In this taut thriller, Andrew Taylor deftly weaves unobtrusive historical research with a page-turning plot.’ THE TIMES ‘Taylor has not only succeeded in constructing a labyrinthine plot that is gripping to the last page, but he also created an entirely believable child, traumatised but resolute, whose plight is the fuel for true suspense.’ GUARDIAN"

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